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    the creation of a birth control pill, and the battle to legalize contraceptives. First, there were many dangers that women experienced during the time when forms of contraceptives…

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    National Organization for Women headed by Betty Friedan (4, NOW, “Statement of Purpose”). The NOW accrued over five thousand members by 1973. These members worked closely on court cases, advocating for pro-equality laws including abortion, and birth control rights. Because the Women’s Movement was so powerful, by the mid-1960’s, two-thirds of jobs were going to women (5, Tavaana, “Breaking Down Barriers of Women”). This meant women were…

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    When teens are educated about birth control and have access to it, they are more likely to use it with their partners. On the other side of the board, many believe that abstinence-only education is the best way to keep kids from having unplanned pregnancies or sexually transmitted infections…

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    Wade on the issue of abortion. The court deemed abortion a fundamental right. It was a critical point in history for women’s health and rights. Before abortions were legal, women were forced to turn to illegal and unsafe abortions. They were often ineffective and very dangerous. The tools used were not clean and the women were not given proper medication or…

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    Ellen Chesler’s Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America, reveals the story of Margaret Sanger and her battles for birth control and to help women gain control over their bodies. Margaret Sanger believed that contraception is the key to reorganize power to women at home and society. For many years, she struggled with overwhelming opposers, such as the United States Government and the Catholic Church. Sanger’s movement was perplexing and impulsive. Sanger was an…

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    Hormonal Birth Control

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    The first hormonal birth control pill, Enovid, was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 1690. Hormonal contraceptives work by combining estrogen, the female sexual hormone, and progestin, a derivative of progesterone that prevents ovulation, together to inhibit ovulation and create an inhabitable cervical environment for both sperm and embryos. Therefore, oral contraceptives effectively block the fertility cycle by not allowing sperm to meet an egg or implantation of a fertilized fetus…

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    We live in a society where monogamous dating is no longer the only “norm” for our generation. While it’s nice to meet someone you can see yourself spending the rest of your life with, the time before meeting this special person is no longer spent waiting idly for them to come sweep you off your feet. Instead, we’ve become more open to casual hookups, and no strings attached flings happening while we’re still single, and that’s great. But still, there are those who are unsure about the hooking up…

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    to increase their authority over these borders. This is evident both in physical and societal borders that are encountered everyday. In the world of borders, when the stronger side becomes evident, they have essentially free reign to control this space. Control like this are projected in different situations such as national borders and everyday society. However this isn 't always the case, for example our campus is, from my point of a view, a generally tolerant campus where no one feels the…

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    Birth control has existed for millennia. Ancient Egyptian papyruses have been discovered with references to chemical contraceptives. Infanticide has always been widespread in pagan cultures either through sacrifices to appease spirits or through abandonment. God 's people in Israel, did not practice birth control however. They wanted as many offspring as possible and considered them an unqualified blessing. The one man, mentioned in the bible, as practicing birth control, Onan, was struck dead…

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    Dalman would have to come up with an effective plan to make sure all the system are up to date; so the systems will not malfunction on everyone. Lei would also need to find the best position for employee’s access only so they can install the new control system for all the employees to clock in and…

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